Chara, Keith, Weber voted Norris finalists

Summary of 5 articles · Updated Apr 28, 2014

- Boston's Zdeno Chara, Chicago's Duncan Keith and Nashville's Shea Weber are the finalists for the Norris Trophy. Chara and Keith are both previous winners of the Norris. It was a brutal decision to choose between Weber and Chara . The Norris goes to the… (more) defenseman with “the greatest all-around ability”, so it didn’t matter that Chara didn’t lead the league in point production from a blueliner – the guy who did was Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson, whose defensive play was nowhere close to elite – or that Chara averaged only 24:39 a night, nearly five fewer minutes per game than Suter and more than two fewer minutes per game than Weber . Following are the finalists for the Norris Trophy, in alphabetical order: Members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association submitted ballots for the Norris Trophy at the conclusion of the regular season, with the top three vote-getters designated as finalists. And that’s not hyperbole: if you were fortunate enough to be one of the Professional Hockey Writers Association members who voted for the award – and I was – you’d be lying to yourself if you didn’t acknowledge there was a solid argument to be made for each of the five defensemen who appeared on most voters’ ballots.

In an incredibly close Norris Trophy race, Bruins’ Chara deserves the honor

This year’s crop of Norris Trophy candidates was incredible. And that’s not hyperbole: if you were fortunate enough to be one of the Professional Hockey Writers Association members who voted for the award – and I was – you’d be lying to yourself if you …